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Herbert Hess

currentprobe to fit around each insulated inner wire individually. Setup is per Figure 1. The special cable is placed in series with the oscilloscope's powercord or in series with the power cord of any other convenient equipment containing a switchmode power supply. Placing the special cable in series with the oscilloscope's power cord usesthe oscilloscope as both experimental apparatus and measurement apparatus, requiring one fewerpiece of equipment. Test Cord 120V AC To PC or other equipment with a switch mode power supply Black Wire Transformer 120V AC

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Richard R. Schultz

virtualinstruments. In addition, the visualization capabilities provided by LabVIEW help the students achievean intuitive understanding of sampling, time-frequency duality, and filtering. The natural progression ofexposure to (1) Microsoft Visual C++ programming; (2) practical DSP fundamentals; (3) the NI-DAQsoftware library; and (4) LabVIEW provides the students with a number of real-world engineering skillsthat can be applied in any instrumentation laboratory.1. IntroductionTraditionally, digital signal processing (DSP) has been taught to electrical and computer engineering(ECE) seniors and graduate students from the classic text by Oppenheim and Schafer1 or a similar textwhich relies on the Z-transform to aid in the analysis and design of digital filters

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Bob Lahidji

personalor political reasons. Moreover, the notion of economic security through tenure makes theprofession more attractive to qualified individuals.”1. In addition, tenure is commonly defined as“the right of a regular faculty member to hold his/her position with pay, until the age ofretirement. Only for adequate cause and under stipulated procedures may the faculty member bedismissed, demoted, prematurely retired, or placed on indefinite leave without pay from thatposition.”2Tenure and Promotion at Eastern Michigan University The tenure process at Eastern Michigan University will be used as an example. Theprocess used is very typical with the understanding that some universities use different processesand/or criteria. According to

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Thalia Anagnos; Michael W. Jennings

components that are presented in a single class period.The assessment program that the COE is implementing is looking specifically at post-graduation assessment,program assessment and course assessment. It is possible that faculty may incorporate classroom assessmenttechniques after the continuous quality philosophy is implemented through the other assessment components.The assessment implementation program that we are undertaking uses the following strategies:1. Establish a core group of personnel to coordinate this project2. Develop a program that can be used for all programs in the college3. Implement the program in time to provide results for the ABET evaluation visitThe tactics that are employed within these strategies are summarized below:I

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Stefani A. Bjorklund; Patrick T. Terenzini; John M. Parente; Alberto F. Cabrera

for alarger, more systematic assessment planned for Spring, 1998, participating courses andstudents were not randomly selected. Each campus’s local evaluator was asked to identify at Page 3.454.1 -1-least one ECSEL and (for comparative purposes) one non-ECSEL course. The four-pagequestionnaire (see attachment) was then distributed and completed during a class session.The survey form gathers information in three categories:1) students’ personal and academic background and demographic characteristics; 2) thecharacteristics of the course in which they were enrolled when completing the questionnaire,and 3

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John B. Troy

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John Aspnes; D. Steven Daniel

performance when inverter drives are utilized.1. INTRODUCTIONThe four-year undergraduate electrical engineering program at UAF continues to satisfy theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation requirements.Electrical engineering courses begin in the second semester of the program with an introductionto circuit analysis and characteristics of primarily passive devices. The third and fourthsemesters each include a four-credit course with a weekly three-hour laboratory coveringnetwork analysis, analog and digital electronics, and an introduction to energy conversion. Thefifth and sixth semesters include, as required courses, three-credit courses in circuit theory andsignal analysis, two four-credit courses in physical

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Marybeth Lima

semester. Exercises weregiven to correspond with steps encountered in engineering design. The following table describesthe assignments and lab exercises conducted during the course. activity time during the semester significance to the design process Page 3.456.2introduction of the situation 1 identification of the problemInternet and library searches 1 information gatheringseminars from experts 1,2,3 information

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Matthew J. Cline; Gary J. Powers

Problem Based Learning,Studies in Higher Education, 19, 1, 5-19, 1994.vii van der Vleuten, C.P.M., (1996) “Fifteen Years of Experience,” Medical Teacher, v18, n2, pg. 103.viii Gallagher, S.A., Stephien, W.J., (1996), Content Acquisition in PBL: Depth versus Breadth in AmericanStudies, Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v19,n3, pg. 257.ix Ma, Jin. (1996), “Group Support System for Assessment of Problem-Based Learning,” IEEETransactions on Education, v39, n3, pg. 388-393, Aug., 1996.x Smith, Karl A., (1995) “Cooperative Learning: Effective Teamwork for Engineering Classrooms,” ASEEElectrical Engineering Division Newsletter, Mar., 1995.xi Woods, Donald R., (1994) Problem-Based Learning: How to Gain the Most from PBL, published

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G. F. Paskusz

. If they work together, how long before the job is done?gets the average, 4-1/2 days, as the answer in the majority of cases.The purpose of our freshman problem solving course is to convert these beginning engineeringstudents, so utterly devoid of fundamental problem solving skills, and so unaccustomed to usingcommon sense in connection with school subjects into efficient, logical, and creative problemsolvers. The skills we wish our student to have developed by the end of the course are: 1. The ability to transform a verbal problem statement into appropriate equations and/or algorithms; 2. The use of logic in problem solutions which do not involve equations; and 3. The resort to the

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Colin S. Howat

. Page 3.459.1 1 C. S. Howat ASEE 1998 Process Simulation in DesignIntroduction ABET requires integration of computing across the curriculum, a reasonable requirementgiven the engineering environment. The explicit purpose is to improve the breadth of studentskills and the implicit is to enhance their learning of chemical engineering. The proliferation ofsoftware presents a challenging obstacle to determining what should and shouldn’t be included.Applications including word-processing, graphics, statistics

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Fathi Finaish

thedesign/prototype/manufacture/market/support cycle has been reduced dramatically. As aconsequence of these changes, engineers need considerable breadth to function well in this rapidproduct development cycle. This includes understanding the interplay between variousengineering fields; understanding the relationship between design and market considerations; andbeing able to communicate well. Perhaps one may recapitulate the most attributes desired of anengineer by listing the following ten attributes affirmed recently by Boeing:1. A good understanding of engineering science fundamentals.2. A good understanding of design and manufacturing processes.3. A multi-disciplinary, systems perspective.4. A basic understanding of the context in

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Robert E. Zulinski; Jon A. Soper; Dennis O. Wiitanen; David Stone; Allan R. Hambley; Martha E. Sloan; Noel Schulz

setting during their senior year. We are employing thebasic principles of collaborative learning and problem-based instruction in the laboratory,however the problems are open-ended and of larger scope than in the examples cited above.Positive interdependence coupled with individual accountability is fostered in a problem-basedlearning environment. Regular assessments of group functions are conducted in a manner similarto that employed in industry. Finally, interpersonal skills, including leadership and decisionmaking, are nurtured.The Undergraduate Communication Systems Laboratory:1. Integrates open-ended design projects with elective course work in communication systems and signal processing.2. Provides laboratory instrumentation and

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Kathryn A. Neeley

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S. Pennell; R. Worcester; R. Stone; Mustafa Guvench

variation of diffusion/oxidation temperature isobtained, allowing the wafer to go through a recipe of diffusion/oxidation/annealing sequence at varioustemperatures and in different gas compositions with fully controlled rates of ramp up or ramp down. Atemperature control of ± 1 C RMS is shown to be achievable which is mostly limited by noise in thetemperature readings. 1. IntroductionIn the university operated microfabrication laboratories, unlike an industrial production setting,the diffusion/oxidation furnaces employed for semiconductor device and integrated circuitfabrication have very small average usage time due to the inherent low-volume of suchoperations[1,2]. In these laboratories the standard

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Wallace Venable

theTwentieth Century.It is the basis of two powerful and related methods, Programmed Instruction (PI) and BehaviorModification (Behavior Mod). At heart, both methods rely on four simple principals:1. Know what you want to accomplish.2. Place your subjects in an appropriate environment.3. Keep your eye on your subjects' behavior.4. Reward appropriate behavior.In reality, there was little new in the way of principles introduced. The contribution was in theirrigorous and focused application. It can be said that they represent the application of theengineering design process to education and training.As a general philosophy, strict Behaviorism has been subjected to severe criticism because someof its leading proponents insisted that all learning is

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Frank J. Rubino

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Stephen J. Ressler

, my analysis of student journalsclearly indicated that the course had been a success, with one striking exception. Students’understanding of the roles and responsibilities of CE practitioners (the second objective listedabove) was consistently poor. I had taught this subject on the first lesson of the course, in atraditional interactive lecture format, using the American Society of Civil Engineers’ model (asdepicted in Figure 1) to describe “the project team.”1 Journal entries written immediately afterthis lesson indicated that the students could, in fact, explain the ASCE model; but in thefollowing weeks, their comments about guest lectures clearly demonstrated that many could not

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Jule Dee Scarborough

congruence or alignment Page 3.465.1 1 Session 3147between the internal and external be achieved. The internal reflects what is thought and felt andthe external reflects what is said and how it is said. $In order to operate congruently in the world,you need to take into account three general factors: self (the internal world), other (theimmediate external world of people), and context (the larger external world of things, structures,processes, laws, and cultures)# (McLendon & Weinberg, 1996, p.34). This

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J. Rene van Dorp; Michael R. Duffey

/fasterhardware capable of running the simulations in a timely manner. However, there is stillskepticism among engineering managers regarding their validity and practical difficulties ofmodel construction and data gathering. This paper presents some issues regardingdevelopment, use, and application of cost/schedule risk analysis software, and discussesrelated pedagogical concerns. Introduction Cost/schedule risk analysis extensions to commercial PERT/CPM-based softwarewhich use Monte Carlo simulation, intended for design-stage applications such as bidpreparation, have only just become available in the past few years [1, 2]. Other networksimulation packages have been available much longer [3], with use

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William M. Clark; Anthony G. Dixon; David DiBiasio

tools used.The assessment program includes a balance of formative and summative measurements,and qualitative and quantitative analyses. Results from the first year data collection willbe discussed. These cover comparison of student comprehension of basic fundamentals,performance on open-ended problem solving, communication skills, and attitudes andsatisfaction with group work and chemical engineering. IntroductionEngineering education in the United States today faces many challenges including: (1)attracting students with a diversity of backgrounds, learning styles, and pre-collegepreparations to engineering careers, (2) maintaining interest and motivation during a four-year undergraduate education, while at

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Justin Shriver; Charles Choi; Trevor Harding; Jennifer Kadlowec

, and the College of Engineering have all benefited from this recognition ofoutstanding teaching. As an ASEE student chapter, sponsoring this award is a proactive way to supportexcellence in teaching, but the benefits go beyond this.[1] Holding a public ceremony andadvertising the award to the entire College of Engineering increases the visibility of the chapterthroughout the college community. The OSI Awards also serve the ASEE student chapter as anoutreach event to attract new members who are also interested in engineering education.Organizing this award as well as other events and seminars gives the student members theopportunity to broaden leadership skills, add to the graduate experience and interact with avariety of university

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Kenneth Miller; Jeffrey Morehouse; Edward Young; David Rocheleau; Jed S. Lyons

theopportunity to develop the “system level” perspective necessary to analyze and understandcomplex thermal and mechanical systems. Further, with the current equipment, the experimentsare “set-up” for the students and do not require any design of the experiment, or much in the wayof instrumentation installation. Page 3.40.1 1 Trends in Mechanical Engineering 2266 The USC Mechanical Engineering faculty decided that a more unified experience isappropriate for the senior laboratory course. It is

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P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch

infrastructure. This paper will discuss thegoals of the MSOE development of this infrastructure and examine its success. It will alsodiscuss our efforts to adapt this infrastructure to changing microprocessor boards.GoalsDue to the varied nature of MSOE's courses in microprocessors and embedded systems, we setthe following goals for our development platform.1) Readily portable - ideally the platform should consist of very few parts/pieces Page 3.468.12) Usable with any PC - this simplifies scheduling of courses between any of various PC labs Session 25203) Robust - continual

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Sal Arnaldo; Fazil Najafi

undergraduate course in public works engineering andmanagement practices will be offered to junior or senior civil and environmental engineeringstudents.Educational ObjectivesThe general objectives of the course are to: 1) introduce students to the meaning of “public works” and its distinction from private works; 2) introduce students to the history of public works, outstanding public works projects and the attributes of the engineers responsible for accomplishing them; 3) acquaint students with the functions of local, state, and national public works organiza- tions; 4) introduce students to the processes of public participation and legislative decision-making as they relate to public works projects; 5) introduce students

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Hamid Khan

meetthe following needs of manager's development:Need for managerial development and learning strategies for effectivenessNeed for corporate education for global competitivenessNeed for professional development, promotion and successionNeed for managers' lifelong learningNeed for program evaluation and review for effectiveness, andNeed for bridging theory and practice for effective decisions.The data collection for evaluation was made by the use of following instruments.Evidence of the validity and reliability of the instruments was ascertained from publishedresults.(1) Instrument Set-1 / Q-1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude Instrument (Harvard Study)(2) Instrument Set-1 / Q-2. Hersey and Blanchard's Leadership Effectiveness and AttitudeDescription

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Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

had a very positive impact on the quality of education; this topic is discussed indetail in11,13. Here, we only mention that - despite diminishing interest in engineering studiesamong secondary school graduates in Poland - since the introduction of the new programs, thenumber of candidates who applied for studies at the Faculty has increased by almost 80%. As aconsequence, with an unchanged enrollment limit, capabilities and performance of the studentshave significantly increased. The grade point average for the group of students who entered thefirst-stage studies at the Faculty on October 1, 1994 (the first group admitted to the restructuredprogram), was - at the end of their third year of study - significantly higher than for the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Mel I. Mendelson

Marymount University's (LMU's) College of Science & Engineering launched anew and unique graduate program leading to an M.S. degree in Engineering and ProductionEngineering (EAPM). This was a practice-oriented, part-time graduate program that combinesboth engineering and business. It was devoted to the management of technically competitiveproducts for the 21st Century. The program emphasized integrated product development, projectmanagement, manufacturing and total quality.Currently the goals of the EAPM program are: (1) to teach product design, manufacturing andteamwork, (2) to provide the integrated skills that will advance the careers of our students, (3) tooffer a dynamic, industry-relevant graduate program. Since our mission states that

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1998 Annual Conference

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Gerald Gillmore; Deborah Harkus; Angela Gengler; Suzanne G. Brainard

quality, although the lower average rating for females in labquality nearly reached significance. However, both males and females rated most items in themiddle of a 1-5 scale.I. INTRODUCTION In the US, as in most other countries, the field of engineering has been traditionallyoccupied by men. However, demographic trends indicate that by the year 2000 sixty-eightpercent of the new entrants into the US labor force will be women and minorities.1 Led bygovernment and industry, this reality has manifested itself in a national movement to encourageeducational institutions to increase the numbers of women and minorities pursuing careers inengineering.2 Statistics compiled over the last two decades reflect the status of women in

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1998 Annual Conference

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Stephen B. Affleck; Marvin C. Gabert; Hahns J. Kuhr; Donald J. Parks

derived. This formulatakes into consideration many of the factors that make one class different from others. Weincluded class type, enrollment, experience of the faculty member, text materials, factors uniqueto that particular class and help provided by graders and teaching assistants. This formula, with its terms and "factors" defined, is shown below in Figure 1.TEACHING WORKLOAD FORMULAE FOR ACADEMIC FACULTY T= CN x TS x [(0.5 + 0.5 AE/NS) + FE + UD - TM] TT = (hour summation of T for all assigned classes) + HS + AA + IT + FM - TA EWC's for teaching = TT/3 Where: T = the average TIME spent by a faculty member on teaching activities for a particular class or lab section in hours/week TT = the estimated TOTAL TIME spent